News 
October 24, 2019
Call for papers: Special issue "Communicative and social competencies" by GMS Journal for Medical Education
Teaching communicative and social competencies has become a part of the education offered at practically every medical school and educational institution focused on healthcare professions in the past 15 years.
October 22, 2019
German Congress of Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2019: Abstracts published with GMS
This year's DKOU (Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie) is themed "No Knowledge without Values" and takes place from 22 to 25 October 2019 in Berlin. It comprises the 1st Congress of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery (DGOU), the 105th Annual Conference of the German Society of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery (DGOOC), the 83rd Annual Conference of the German Trauma Society (DGU), as well as the 60th Annual Conference of the Professional Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology (BVOU).
October 14, 2019
Call for Papers for a special issue "FHIR – Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources" of GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie
Call for Papers for a special issue "FHIR – Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources" of GMS Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und EpidemiologieCare, science and patient-oriented applications are converging more and more. This requires a maximum degree of interoperability. This can only be achieved and lived if systems work with international standards and store and represent data in a structured and standardized form. In addition to better communication, more precise data content and technical quality improvements, the FHIR standard – Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources – offers new opportunities for patients, doctors, scientists and, last but not least, for citizens.
October 11, 2019
"GMS Health Technology Assessment" becomes "GMS Health Innovations and Technologies"
Cologne, October 2019 – German Medical Science is now launching "GMS Health Innovations and Technologies" (GMS HInT), replacing the formerly published journal "GMS Health Technology Assessment". GMS HInT makes current information from the entire field of horizon scanning (early awareness), health needs, health impact, health technology assessment, disinvestment, and innovations in relation to health and prevention easily and quickly accessible.
September 24, 2019
DGPRÄC and VDÄPC Annual Meeting 2019: Abstracts published with GMS
The 50th Annual Conference of the German Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (DGPRÄC) and the 24th Annual Conference of the Association of the German Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (VDÄPC) will take place from 26 to 28 September 2019 in Hamburg.
September 20, 2019
Annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA): Abstracts published with GMS
The joint conference of the Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung (GMA), the Arbeitskreis zur Weiterentwicklung der Lehre in der Zahnmedizin (AKWLZ), and the Chirurgische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lehre (CAL) is being held from 25th to 28th September 2019 in Frankfurt am Main.
September 13, 2019
36th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology: Contributions published with GMS
The 36th Scientific Annual Meeting of the German Society of Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology (DGPP) will take place from September 19 to 22, 2019 in Göttingen.
September 11, 2019
53rd Meeting of the German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians: Abstracts published with GMS
The 53rd annual meeting of the German College of General Practitioners will take place in Erlangen from 12th to 14th September 2019.
